Ch 1: EMS systems
What is the most important consideration on scene of a hazardous materials incident?
your personal safety
Standing orders and protocols describe what type of medical control?
off-line or indirect
Which type of communications equipment functions as a radio receiver and searches across several frequencies?
scanner
Name at least 2 definitive signs of death.
dependent lividity
rigor mortis
decapitation
The person who is responsible for authorizing EMTs to perform emergency medical care in the field is the:
medical director
Transmission of an infectious organism via animals or insects is known as what?
vectorborne transmission
The type of sexual harassment that occurs when someone requests sexual favors in exchange for something else.
Quid pro quo
Two-way communication that requires the EMT to “push to talk” and “release to listen” describes which mode of communication?
simplex
The final stage of death and dying most commonly takes the form of:
acceptance
EMT training in nearly every state meets or exceeds the guidelines recommended by who?
NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
In what circumstance would the Good Samaratian Law not protect the EMT?
After receiving online orders from medical control to perform a patient care intervention, you should:
repeat the order to medical control word for word
When does the official transfer of patient care occur?
When an EMT gives oral report to ED nurse or physician at bedside.